Savannah Guthrie’s husband shared a heartbreaking Mother’s Day post for his beloved wife who is celebrating for the first time since her mother Nancy’s kidnapping.
On Sunday, Michael Feldman posted a simple yet emotional message honoring Savannah on the bittersweet holiday.
‘To the strongest person I know. Surrounding you with love on Mother’s Day,’ Feldman wrote alongside two red hearts and one broken heart emoji.
The image he posted showed Savannah embracing their two young children, Vale and Charley.
Directly under Feldman’s caption, Hoda Kotb, Savannah’s dear friend and Today show coworker, wrote: ‘Holding you,’ with a heart emoji.
Sunday marks Savannah’s first Mother’s Day without Nancy, who went missing on February 1 from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
Her whereabouts remain unknown as she was last seen by family members the night before, on January 31, after joining them for a game night.
Nancy, 84, is believed to have been kidnapped by unknown captors nearly 100 days ago, investigators believe.
Savannah Guthrie’s husband shared a heart-wrenching Mother’s Day post for his beloved wife, as her own mother has been missing for nearly 100 days
Sunday marks Savannah’s first Mother’s Day without Nancy, who went missing on February 1 from her home in Tucson, Arizona
Some evidence has come to light since the case first broke open, but none of it has led to an arrest.
The latest batch of evidence to come forward was in early April after FBI agents discovered ‘potentially critical’ new DNA at Nancy’s home.
Agents sent the sample to a private Florida lab, sources told ABC News.
Pieces of hair found inside Nancy’s property are among the new evidence being tested, NewsNation previously reported.
They will use the latest technology to analyze the results and see if it flags a possible suspect for the abduction.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department previously said that DNA recovered from Nancy’s home was a sample that came from more than one person.
Sources told the outlet that Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos recently revealed to a neighborhood watch group that it could take six more months to identify the sample.
Nanos said that five other labs around the US are working on Nancy’s case, but the names of facilities, what their roles are, and if there are additional DNA samples that are relevant to the case remain unclear, per the outlet.
Directly under Feldman’s caption, Hoda Kotb , Savannah’s dear friend and Today show coworker, wrote: ‘Holding you,’ with a heart emoji
The ongoing investigation into Nancy’s puzzling disappearance is being directed by about two dozen Pima County and FBI investigators.
So far, they have looked at a series of blackmail messages sent to the Guthrie family and to media outlets demanding money in bitcoin in return for Nancy.
None of the ransoms were ever paid as the Guthrie family demanded that they proof of life, but never got it.
Authorities and the family also could not verify the authenticity of the ransom notes, despite their willingness to pay.
Over the course of the investigation, only a few people have been taken in for questioning. No one has been arrested.
Various pieces of evidence have also been found at the home and in the surrounding area, including drops of blood on Nancy’s front porch, a torn-down doorbell camera, and various gloves.
Surveillance footage also captured a masked person outside her front door, appearing to tamper with the doorbell camera before it was snatched off.
Dave Smith, a former lieutenant with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, recently told Fox News Digital that he believed Nancy might have been taken to Mexico because Tucson sits right near the border.
The latest batch of evidence to come forward was in early April after FBI agents discovered ‘potentially critical’ new DNA at Nancy’s home (pictured)
Savannah, her sister Annie, and her brother-in-law Tommaso somberly placed flowers at a memorial site outside Nancy’s home in March
‘My first thought is always Mexico in a major crime, because it’s a great haven, and it’s hard for us to follow up on,’ Smith told the outlet.
Smith noted that Tucson is located about 60 miles from the border, making that scenario a ‘strong possibility.’
Smith also noted that the masked suspect seen on surveillance footage recovered from Guthrie’s Nest doorbell camera appeared to be carrying a holstered pistol in what he described as ‘Mexican carry’ style.
The retired law enforcement officials also noted that the rugged terrain surrounding Tucson has complicated the search.
‘The whole Tucson Valley is literally built around these arroyos, these ephemeral rivers,’ he said. ‘It’s like a giant alley through the neighborhoods.’
He said the desert offers countless hiding places while also quickly destroying evidence.
‘The evidence is transitory,’ Smith said. ‘Once it rains, your footprints go away, the sun is hard on other forms of evidence and frankly this is a tough place to investigate crimes.’
He suggested tensions between local investigators and the FBI may be tied to concerns that evidence pointing to Mexico would have made the case a federal investigation.
Sheriff Chris Nanos and FBI Director Kash Patel have publicly disagreed over how quickly federal authorities were brought into the case.
Patel previously discussed Nancy’s case on Sean Hannity’s podcast, defending the FBI.
He said that while Guthrie’s case was a state matter, they were being kept out altogether by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
‘For four days we were kept out of the investigation,’ he said, adding that this was especially damaging because ‘the first 48 hours of anyone’s disappearance are the most critical.
